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Flamsteed designations gained popularity throughout the eighteenth century, and are now commonly used when no Bayer designation exists. Where a Bayer designation with a Greek letter does exist for a star, it is usually used in preference to the
Flamsteed designation. (Flamsteed numbers are generally
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for a list of constellations and the genitive forms of their names). Flamsteed designations were assigned to 2554 stars. The numbers were originally assigned in order of increasing
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84 stars entered in
Flamsteed's catalog are errors and proved not to exist in the sky: All of them except 11 Vulpeculae were plotted on his star charts.
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There are 52 constellations that primarily use
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308:Canis Minor
303:Canis Major
63:Description
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498:Ursa Major
493:Triangulum
318:Cassiopeia
209:47 Tucanae
114:precession
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513:Vulpecula
433:Ophiuchus
428:Monoceros
403:Leo Minor
358:Delphinus
258:Andromeda
164:55 Cancri
156:51 Pegasi
39:naked eye
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383:Hercules
373:Eridanus
368:Equuleus
263:Aquarius
202:Hevelius
160:61 Cygni
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448:Perseus
443:Pegasus
393:Lacerta
323:Cepheus
100:of the
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488:Taurus
453:Pisces
378:Gemini
353:Cygnus
348:Crater
343:Corvus
293:Cancer
283:Boötes
278:Auriga
268:Aquila
228:planet
224:Uranus
158:, and
82:Taurus
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529:Lupus
508:Virgo
438:Orion
413:Libra
408:Lepus
388:Hydra
363:Draco
328:Cetus
273:Aries
211:from
188:, by
152:Roman
90:stars
78:Orion
686:ISBN
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423:Lyra
418:Lynx
213:Bode
175:Lynx
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